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Rebecca Connor-Evans

@rlconnorevans.bsky.social

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PhD candidate & Teaching Associate at Sheffield Hallam University. Cognitive stylistician. Children's Lit & YA Fiction for mental & emotional health. Fandom discourses.

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Rebecca Connor-Evans @rlconnorevans.bsky.social · Jul 21

PhD’s nearly in — just in time to get lured back to #Girlguiding by the new badges: Fandoms, Booktivist, Bee Saver 🫶🏻✨📚✨🐝

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Girlguiding unveils 72 new badges including 'fandoms' and 'laughter'

It is only the second time in the organisation's 116-year history that it has released new badges.

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Rebecca Connor-Evans @rlconnorevans.bsky.social · Jul 16

Last Friday I had the pleasure of presenting at #PALA2025 in the Health & Stylistics SIG, sharing work on grief, narrative voice, and therapeutic reading in A Monster Calls. Proud to represent SHU Stylistics & already excited for #PALA2026 Uppsala! @pala2026.bsky.social @palapoeticsling.bsky.social

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · Jul 16

The UK’s newly updated statutory Relationships, Sex & Health Education (RSHE) guidance marks a significant shift in classroom culture. Schools must now actively address misogynistic myths, sexual ethics, and the role of pornography in shaping harmful attitudes.

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Misogynistic myths kicked out of classrooms to protect children

Government publishes final statutory relationships, sex and health education guidance for schools.

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PALA @palapoeticsling.bsky.social · Jul 13

A huge thank you to all who attended, presented, plenaried, chaired, entertained, fed & watered us at a brilliant @PALA2025 & esp to the fantastic team @EnglishAston. Here's to PALA Uppsala 2026!! 🎉💃🕺💃🕺🥳

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · Jul 14

We loved joining @profsamwass.bsky.social & Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social at a Baby Lab to discover what happens to babies' brains when they're read to.

Discover the neuroscience behind shared reading & how it enables children to flourish and thrive:

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A photo of a baby wearing a cap with wires attached being read to, plus the words: "The science behind the benefits of reading for babies"

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